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Nanny Responds To Willis, Moore Suit

February 04, 1998|By From Tribune staff and News Services.

LOS ANGELES — A nanny is suing Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, charging Moore once locked her in a room for more than hour. Kim Tannahill said in a lawsuit filed in state court Monday that the couple "shamelessly exploited and abused" her when she worked for them from 1994 until she was fired in August.

Tannahill also sued the couple in federal court, charging she wasn't paid overtime.

Martin Singer, the lawyer for Moore and Willis, called the complaints "utter fiction" and "an attempt by Miss Tannahill to get money through extortion." The couple sued Tannahill on Jan. 28, accusing her of violating an agreement not to divulge information about their lives.

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